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Article: The legacy of a genius: Cheikh Anta Diop, Part 1

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Boyd, Herb
New York Amsterdam News
10-08-2003
During a recent gathering of African and Diasporan intellectuals at the
Schomburg Center, Senegal's minister of foreign affairs, Cheikh Tidiane
Gadio, invoked the name and legacy of his countryman Cheikh Anta Diop
several times. For Gadio, Diop was the embodiment of the conference's
purpose and mission: the organization of a world conference of African and
African Diaspora scholars and leaders to discuss the "Contributions of
Intellectuals to the Edification of the African Union and the New
Partnership for Africa's Development [NEPAD]."

Two words - "union" and "intellectual" - were integral to Professor Diop
and his dream to create a united Africa, as ...

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